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Old 07-07-2009, 11:23 PM   #45 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by theunchosen View Post
That sounds promising Christ. I was wondering on a convenient way to implement it. The downside of doing it the simple way(coil magnet in the springs) is you'd have to use a diode to make sure the current only goes one way(your alt does something like this) so you'd lose your energy production either up or down. . .

The air shocks sounds like a good bypass method for the entire process.
Yeah, but anything that's charged with a liquid (such as oils or even water, not that you'd find water shocks), something non-compressible, the system could be even more efficient.

In order to control dampening, you could adjust load on the turbine, and adjust the check valve on the "out" side of the shock (where fluid leaves when the shock bounds) so that it doesn't open until a certain pressure is achieved. Changing the sizing of the tubes and valves will also change damping control.
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